April 22, 2007
Covering One's Ass
Despite Canada's love-hate relationship with the CBC, we're big fans of York theatre grad Barbara Budd. Budd has co-hosted CBC Radio One's venerable As It Happens since 1993, and the Toronto-based show is known across Canada and satellite radio for its off-the-wall take on current events.
Probably the show's most cringingly infamous clip is from 1976, when Barbara Frum is goaded into profanity, trying in vain to interview a hard-of-hearing British farmer about the world's largest cabbage. As it often, er, happens on the show, the interviews have hilariously unexpected results.
This week, Barbara Budd interviewed a Texan lawyer about a court case which found his donkey taking the stand. Budd and defendant Greg Shamoun couldn't resist the obvious opportunity for humour.
BB: Buddy is, of course, the name of your donkey.It's moments like this when we heart the CBC all over again. Barbara Frum would be proud.GS: Buddy is my ass. That's correct.
BB: Can you describe your ass for us, please?
GS: My ass is about 300-pounds and it's three-and-a-half feet tall and my ass is kinda furry...and very well groomed. And he's housebroken.
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BB: Now, what was the point in bringing him in?
GS: The best evidence of my ass' behaviour is looking at my ass face-to-face. I mean, if they're gonna talk about my ass, don't you think maybe they ought to be able to see it as opposed to seeing pictures of my ass?
BB: So did the jury get a pretty good look at it?
GS: All six jurors got a face-to-face picture of my ass right in the courtroom...I gave them the opportunity to pat my ass or talk to my ass, and then after they observed, my ass went back home.
CORRECTION: It seems like the interview was actually conducted by Carol Off. We still love us some Budd, though.
Photo: CBC (left); Dallas Morning News (right)
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This makes me wonder if the *other* ass from Texas is housebroken.
I'm sorry. I couldn't help myself.
You can actually listen to this great Ass Interview on the AIH www site - link above. It's at the end of Segment 1 of the broadcast of April 19.
300 pound ass? That's about average down there.
Oh Gwen, darling 300 pounds is almost skinny on this obese continent. Dont you remember, we've both seen 300 pound asses covered in bubble gum pink spandex yoga outfits...
And what did I tell her? A little less binge and lot more purge! And what did she do? Defacated in her Lotta Lady sweats because she was too piss elegant to haul herself out of my bean bag. Oh, Miami in the 80s, them were that days, I tell ya. Is she still around?
Darl, that rotund cow is still around. The last time I heard she peed in her dark jeans cos the Piglet could not walk to the powder room in time...It was 2 in the afternoon! Ofcourse she was drunk!!
Now youve got me all nostalgic...I remember them good old days...Rich business men, stray encounters...All of Miami was ours..
For the record, the interviewer on the "ass" story was Carol Off, not Barbara Budd. (Budd is the co-host/announcer on the show and doesn't do interviews.) Cheers, Gena
I second that motion on Carol Off. Barbara never does interviews, she only presents stories and does reading pieces sometimes.